MAGIC & TRAGIC

MAGIC: First, football. Now, the band. After more than a 70-year hiatus, Birmingham-Southern College will field a marching band next fall, three years after bringing back football. Go Panthers!

TRAGIC: Alabama civil rights foot soldier James Armstrong, a Birmingham barber most of his life, passed away last week. He deserves our thanks, and he will be missed. Our prayers to Armstrong's family and friends.